Papers

Ratliff JM, Batista-Brito R. The Interneuron Class Struggle. Cell, 2020. PMID: 33186526. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.034.

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Batista-Brito R, Majumdar A, Nuno A, Vinck M, Cardin JA. Developmental loss of ErbB4 in PV interneurons disrupts state-dependent cortical circuit dynamics. bioRxiv, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.09.418590.

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Vormstein-Schneider DC, Lin JD, Pelkey KA, Chittajallu R, Guo B, Arias Garcia M, Sakopoulos S, Stevenson O, Schneider G, Zhang Q, Sharma J, Franken TP, Smith J, Vogel I, Sanchez V, Ibrahim LA, Burbridge T, Favuzzi E, Saldi GA, Xu Q, Guo L, Yuan X, Zaghloul KA, Sabri E, Goldberg EM, Devinsky O, Batista-Brito R, Reynolds J, Feng G, Fu Z, McBain CJ, Fishell GJ, Dimidschstein J. Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans. Nature Neuroscience, 2020 020 Aug 17. PMID: 32807948. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-0692-9.

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Mossner J, Batista-Brito R, Pant R, Cardin JA. Developmental loss of MeCP2 from VIP interneurons impairs cortical function and behavior. eLife, 2020; 9:e55639 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.55639

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Munguba H, Nikouei K, Hochgerner H, Oberst O, Kouznetsova A, Ryge J, Batista-Brito R, Close J, Munoz-Manchado A, Linnarsson S, Hjerling-Leffler. Transcriptional maintenance of cortical somatostatin interneuron subtype identity during migration. BioRxiv, 2019. Doi:10.1101/593285

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Batista-Brito R, & Fishell G. Interneurons: Learning on the Job. Neuron, 2019, 102(5), 905–907.

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Batista-Brito R, Zagha E, Ratliff JM, Vinck M. Modulation of cortical circuits by top-down processing and arousal state in health and disease. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2018, 52:172-181. Review. PMID: 30064117.

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Mayer C, Hafemeister C, Bandler RC, Machold R, Batista Brito R, Jaglin X, Allaway K, Butler A, Fishell G, Satija R. Developmental diversification of cortical inhibitory interneurons. Nature. 2018 Mar 22; 555(7697):457-462. PMID: 29513653

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Batista-Brito R, Vinck M, Ferguson KA, Chang JT, Laubender D, Lur G, Mossner JM, Hernandez VG, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K, Higley MJ, Cardin JA. Developmental dysfunction of VIP interneurons impairs cortical circuits. Neuron, 2017, 95(4):884-895. PMCID: PMC5595250


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Vinck M, Batista-Brito R, Knoblich U, Cardin JA. Arousal and locomotion make distinct contributions to cortical activity patterns and visual encoding. Neuron, 2015, 86(3):740-54.


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McGinley MJ, Vinck M, Reimer MJ, Batista-Brito R, Zagha E, Cadwell CR, Tolias A S, Cardin JA, McCormick DA. Waking State: Rapid Variations Modulate Neural and Behavioral Responses. Neuron, 2015, 87(6):1143-61.

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Tuncdemir S, Fishell G, Batista-Brito R. miRNAs are essential for the survival and maturation of cortical interneurons. Cereb Cortex. 2015, Epub 2014 Jan 22.

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Jaglin XH, Hjerling-Leffler J, Fishell G, Batista-Brito R#. The origin of neocortical nitric oxide synthase-expressing inhibitory neurons. Front Neural Circuits. 2012;6:44. Epub 2012 Jul 9.

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Close J, Xu H, DeMarco N, Batista-Brito R, Budy B, Fishell G. Satb1 is required for the Maturation and integration of somatostatin interneurons into the cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 2012, 32(49):17690-705.

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Picardo MA, Guigue P, Bonifazi P, Batista-Brito R, Allene C, Ribas A, Fishell G, Baude A, Cossart R. Pioneer GABA Cells Comprise a Subpopulation of Hub Neurons in the Developing Hippocampus. Neuron. 2011, 71(4):695-709.

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Batista-Brito R, Rossignol E, Hjerling-Leffler J, Denaxa M, Wegner M, Lefebvre V, Pachnis V, Fishell G. The cell-intrinsic requirement of Sox6 for cortical interneuron development. Neuron, 2009, 63(4):466-81.

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Batista-Brito R, Fishell G. The developmental integration of cortical interneurons into a functional network. Curr Top Dev Biol, 2009, 87:81-118.

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Batista-Brito R, Machold R, Klein K and Fishell G. Gene expression in cortical interneuron precursors is prescient of their mature function. Cerebral Cortex, 2008, 18(10):2306-17.

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Batista-Brito R, Close J, Machold R and Fishell G. The distinct temporal origins of olfactory bulb interneuron subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 2008, 28: 3966-3975.

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Putzer H, Condon C, Brechemier-Baey D, Brito R, Grunberg-Manago M. Transfer RNA mediated antitermination in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002, 30: 3026-3033.

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Book Chapters

Batista-Brito R, Fishell G. Generation of cortical interneurons. Chapter in textbook Developmental Neuroscience. 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-397265-1/66-8/67-5.


Batista-Brito R, Claire Ward, Fishell G. Functional diversity of cortical interneurons. Developmental Neuroscience. In print.

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